Cramahe, Ontario (1851 census)

Cramahe was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,993. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3002087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.079°N, 77.875°W.

Population

In 1851, Cramahe had a population of 2,993: 1,557 male and 1,436 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Colborne, Village, 1861 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Cramahe shared boundaries with:

• Brighton
• Haldimand
• Percy

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 185 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,993 total population, 1,557 males, 1,436 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,355, Female members of the family who are present: 1,287, 1,053 single males, 926 single females, 488 families, 473 married females, 472 married males, 367 males attending school, 304 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 202, Females present who are not members of the family: 149, 67 male births, 54 female births, 37 widowed females, 32 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 230 males aged 5 to 10, 226 females aged 5 to 10, 194 single males aged 10 to 15, 193 single females aged 10 to 15, 180 single males aged 15 to 20, 173 single females aged 15 to 20, 167 married females aged 20 to 30, 156 single males aged 20 to 30, 146 married females aged 30 to 40, 135 married males aged 30 to 40, 130 married males aged 20 to 30, 103 married males aged 40 to 50, 85 single females aged 20 to 30, 71 married females aged 40 to 50, 67 males under age 1, 59 married males aged 50 to 60, 53 females under age 1, 52 males aged 3 to 4, 49 females aged 1 to 2, 49 males aged 2 to 3, 48 females age 3 to 4, 46 females aged 2 to 3, 46 males aged 1 to 2, 41 males aged 4 to 5, 37 females aged 4 to 5, 35 married females aged 15 to 20, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 single males aged 30 to 40, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 females of unknown age, 2 males of unknown age, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,130 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 313 persons originating in England or Wales, 238 persons originating in Ireland, 209 persons originating in the United States, 56 persons originating in Scotland, 46 French Canadians, 5 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 50,970 pounds of homemade butter, 36,640 bushels of oats, 32,106 bushels of wheat, 30,617 acres of land in farms, 18,645 bushels of peas, 18,015 bushels of potatoes, 16,764 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,285 pounds of maple sugar, 13,853 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,135 bushels of turnips, 10,987 acres of farmland under crops, 9,859 pounds of wool produced on farms, 8,650 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 7,590 bushels of corn, 4,916 bushels of buckwheat, 4,795 bushels of rye, 3,134 bushels of carrots, 2,845 tons of hay, 2,754 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,643 sheep, 2,369 acres of wheat, 1,615 bushels of barley, 1,521 swine, 1,507 acres of oats, 1,119 barrels of pork, 1,107 acres of peas, 817 milk cows, 750 horses, 680 calves and heifers, 566 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 497 acres of rye, 469 bulls, oxen, or steers, 362 acres of corn, 316 bushels of beans, 303 acres of buckwheat, 283 occupants of farms, 279 barrels of beef, 224 acres of potatoes, 127 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 120 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 112 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 78 acres of barley, 62 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 61 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 46 acres of turnips, 25 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $6,400 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $5,600 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 3,801 yards of flannel, 2,078 yards of fulled cloth, $1,000 value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), 500 employees in foundries, 300 tanneries returning capital, 29 employees in saw mills, 15 saw mills, 15 saw mills returning capital, 14 saw mills reporting annual production, 13 saw mills powered by water, 5 employees in grist mills, 4 foundries not reporting, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 grist mills reporting annual production, 4 grist mills returning capital, 2 saw mills powered by steam, 1 foundries, 1 foundries reporting, 1 foundries returning capital, 1 saw mills not reporting, 1 tanneries, 1 tanneries reporting, 1 woollen factories, 1 woollen factories not reporting. 5,950,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 17,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $200 value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 412 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON024002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON132003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3002087
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramahe

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Cramahe, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cramahe-on024002-1851/.